Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech
doener
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March 17, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
swores
Discussed a few days ago, 554 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47362528 (But it's a big enough story that I'm glad to see it on front page again.)
ChrisArchitect
[dupe] Discussion 4 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47362528
bl4kers
Who is behind it? Doesn't seem to answer